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It has been an excellent fall for hunters so far; numbers are up everywhere and signs point to an excellent firearms deer season

Posted by Tom Rusch on Thursday, October 18, 2012, In : Wildlife Management 

An excellent Fall continues to go by way too fast! Bear and moose seasons are now finished.  Bear harvest was up over 2011 in the Tower area. Moose harvest  was down a bit, but so were permit numbers.  Those lucky moose hunting parties who were selected in the lottery enjoyed a high quality hunt and shot some really nice bulls.

The duck hunting continues to be good.  Most hunters are saying it’s the best around here in many years.  The weather has been ideal, thus far, for moving  ducks ...


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Don't let this time of year pass you by - get out there and enjoy the seasons while you can

Posted by Tom Rusch on Thursday, October 4, 2012, In : Hunting 

It’s that time of the year!  If you are not getting out there you are missing the boat!  The big boys are starting to rub.  The bulls are rutting hard and on the move in search of receptive cows.  The grouse hunting is way better than predicted.  The bears are getting ready to go down and they have the feedbag on.  Fall color is absolutely fabulous and it is now coming down.  

Find a way to get out there.  Even if it is just for an hour.  Go!  Skip out of your commitments early.  Apologize i...


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The Wildlife Manager's Corner


Tom Rusch Tom Rusch is the Tower Area Wildlife Manager for the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources' Division of Fish and Wildlife headquartered at Tower, MN in northern St Louis County. His dedicated 4 person staff covers 3.1 million acres of State, County, National and private forest land in northern St. Louis and northern Lake Counties. He hunts, fishes, camps, traps, bikes, hikes, snowshoes and shed hunts year round in the swamps, forests, wetlands and lakes of the northwoods of Minnesota, Wisconsin and Ontario. He is a 24-year veteran of the Minnesota DNR and has worked in the wildlife management field for 30 years in Minnesota, Wisconsin and Missouri. He has lived on the Iron Range with his wife, Deb, since 1991. Tom can be reached by phone at 218-753-2580 ext. 240 or by email at tom.rusch@state.mn.us.
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